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The best I heard it explained as was a dilemma. Do you tell people that only n95 masks or better work to protect the wearer? If you do then, because enough stoc
by ianai 6y ago
The best I heard it explained as was a dilemma. Do you tell people that only n95 masks or better work to protect the wearer? If you do then, because enough stockpile of n95 masks wasn’t maintained for this pandemic, critical medical practitioners like ER staff, nurses, doctors, surgeons wouldn’t be able to wear PPE. Or Do you lie and tell people n95 masks don’t work in the hopes essential medical personnel are then able to find masks? I think they went with the later. I think this was discussed by Michael O. during his appearance on JRE.
- msandford 6y agoDilemma or not lying erodes trust. Was it worth it? Probably not is what a lot of people are saying.
- HideousKojima 6y agoIt also ignores a third option (and one that was actually used anyways), blocking all shipments of n95 masks to retail outlets to send to hospitals instead
- ianai 6y agoThat’s not an option. Apparently hospitals get their stock from essentially the same places as the rest of us. Like not the target down the road but the warehouse target gets its stock of ppe.
- HideousKojima 6y agoYes, and those warehouses halted shipments of PPE to retailers like Target at the start of the pandemic
- ianai 6y agoAnd it still wasn’t going to be enough.
- HideousKojima 6y agoIt's not like they pulled existing stock in consumer retail outlets off the shelf, so I don't see how lying to the public about mask efficacy had any significant effect on the supply for healthcare workers
- ianai 6y agoWouldn’t have been enough.